This website will not store or capture personal data (e.g. name, email address) without the prior knowledge and consent of users. In the event that you are asked to provide personal information to the website, you may be asked whether you wish to receive any further communication from Hammersmith Academy. We will make sure all personal data that is supplied is held as securely as possible, in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

Data

Hammersmith Academy does not sell or otherwise transfer any personal data to commercial companies or other organisations, with the exception of web statistics (see below) which are hosted and managed by a third party company (i.e. Google, Inc and other web analytics services).

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over those other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

How we use cookies

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We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

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